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Sunday, January 15, 2017

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
College football season is over, oh dear
I'll state my case, and I am hurtin.

And so we have another season in the books and another
banner year by all accounts for the DFT Nation. But first let us take pause to
congratulate Clemson on winning the National Championship. In the playoffs,
Clemson eviscerated The Ohio State Buckeyes and Bama slugged out a hard fought
win against a stout Washington Defense setting up the rematch with Clemson. This
may be the most exciting championship game in our lifetime. Some may argue the
Texas win over USC in 06 was as memorable but this was one is engrained freshly
in our brains. Congrats to Coach Dabo Swinney for a great game plan and Deshaun
Watson for an amazing performance. They achieved this by besting arguably the
top defense we have ever seen in college football.

John Addicks and crew after Clemson's smeifinal win

The Dru Crew at the Vegas Bowl

Brian Donnelly, Steve Koreivo and friends at the NGC Military Bowl

For the DFT crew, we attended the Foster Farms Bowl watching
Utah squeak by Indiana. My season was capped off by hitting one of the most
exciting Bowl games in history as USC defeated Penn State 52-49 in the Rose
Bowl.

Rewearing the Wisconsin coveralls at Foster Farm Bowl

The Utes Bewts!

Is that a Ute?

Die hard BC fans view from the 6-6 Bowl the day after Christmas

Here is the recap of my travels this season:

·19 games attended

·10 new college stadiums *

·3 trips to the great state of Texas

·1 game in Australia

·Army Navy game at M&T stadium

·6 repeat venues

·Bailed on 3 games (Utah State, NC State and Ohio
University) my apologies.

·DFTer of the Year is a tie between Jim Tubby
Devine and Brian Radio Donnelly for each attending 5 games with me this year. Congratulations
lads.

·Additionally,1 high school game and 8 middle
school games!

The last fireball toast of the year at the Rose Bowl.

New PSU friends with our crew at the Rose Bowl

How USC fans get up for game day,

The granddaddy of them all

Games and Tailgates attended during the 2016 season:

Cal v Hawaii in Sydney, Australia

NW State @ Baylor

UCLA@ TA&M

Notre Dame @ Texas

Ohio State @ Oklahoma

Iowa @ Rutgers

Temple @ Memphis

Alabama @ Arkansas

Ohio State @ Wisconsin

Dallas @ Green Bay (NFL)

UCLA @ Colorado

Memphis @ SMU

Oklahoma State @ TCU

Southern Miss @ North Texas

Notre Dame @ USC

Colorado v Washington (PAC 12 Championship)

Army v Navy

Utah v Indiana (Foster Farms Bowl)

USC v Penn State (Rose Bowl)

Many highlights as Texas A&M, Wisconsin and Arkansas
have entered my top 10 college football experiences. One triple header and four
double header weekends, a trip “down under” and a pilgrimage to Lambeau Field,
a lifetime bucket list must see. All this in addition to a mid-season timeout. Many
thanks to all who hosted us at their home tailgates.

Next season’s tentative lineup:

·Labor day triple header at Minnesota, NIU and Iowa

·Ole Miss at Cal

·Army at Tulane and possible LSU night game

·Washington home game

·Oklahoma v Texas at the Cotton Bowl

·Oklahoma at Kansas State

·Sac State or Cal Poly home game

·Florida at South Carolina

·Lafayette v Lehigh (The Rivalry)

·Notre Dame at Stanford

·Army Navy

·Foster Farms Bowl

·Rose Bowl

Bieber: It has
been Bieberpocalypse this past month with way too many to choose just one
winner:

·Wakeyleaks – former Wake Coach giving game plans
to opponents

·Minnesota Gopher boycott AKA Gophergate when
players stood up for their rapist teammates

·Minnesota administration for firing their coach
as a scapegoat for supporting his players. He was their most successful coach
in a century.

·Star players sitting out the bowl games to “prep
for the NFL draft” like Fournette, Linwood and McCafferey

·Coaches bolting for greener pastures before
their bowl games like Rhule, Taggert and Leavitt

·Multiple players being suspended from their
teams prior to their bowl game for violation of team rules

·Lane Kiffin being shown the door unceremoniously
again

·My brother Brian for falling asleep and missing
the second half of the National Championship

So it is goodbye until August and may you all have other
hobbies and interests to get you through these 8 dark months of no College Football.
Here is a little video recap of the 2106 DFT season (Sorry, I had audio issues and will redo this before next season):

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I live for college football weekends. I love tailgating before and after games and absorbing the atmosphere and traditions of the host school. I am on a quest to see a game in every "real" stadium for D1A football in the country and attend as many games and Tailgates as I can. It is more fun to accomplish this with friends and family, thus the DFT Nation has grown far and wide over the last 15 years. I have also added lower Division schools as part of my annual mix. Each Season, I will travel the country and attend numerous games in college stadiums that I have not previously been to and take in the whole experience and blog about it.

I also like to hear about your game day experiences each week. But it is not just about attending different stadiums, our Tailgate has many repeat locations each year for traditional games that are just plain fun like Army- Navy. Last but not least, I am a college football polygamist. Born a Notre Dame fan, Big OU Sooners and Boise State fan. And of course I root on Army and my Alma Mater Frostburg State. Nonetheless, I love all college football and there is no such thing as a bad game.

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Folks, follow the instructions below and cut and paste the link at the bottom. This is a fun weekly activity to measure your picks against others. No money, just for fun and a free DFT T shirt for the winner and DFT hat for 2nd and a pen for third at the end of the season! Let me know if you have any trouble signing up.

Hello Tailgater,

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